Mrs. Caruso

English 9/9H

Name:______

Assignment: Write a 5 paragraph literary analysis essay answering the question: “Which was it: the lady or the tiger?” from “The Lady and the Tiger” by Stockton.

  • The first paragraph should include your thesis statement, which should be underlined.
  • Make your thesis contain 3 parts to support your persuasive argument. Ex: In the short story “The Lady or the Tiger” by Stockton, the young man found the lady/tiger behind the door because______, ______, and ______.
  • The second, third and fourth paragraphs (body paragraphs) should begin with a topic sentence that relates to and supports the thesis statement. (Break it down by your 3 persuasive arguments in order to have one argument per paragraph.)
  • The fifth paragraph is the conclusion.

What is your 3 part thesis?

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Support phase 1:

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Support phase 2:

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Support phase 3:

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The goal of argumentative writing is to persuade your audience that your ideas are valid, or more valid than someone else's. The Greek philosopher Aristotle divided the means of persuasion, appeals, into three categories--Ethos, Pathos, Logos.

Ethos (Credibility), or ethical appeal, means convincing by the character of the author. We tend to believe people whom we respect. One of the central problems of argumentation is to project an impression to the reader that you are someone worth listening to, in other words making yourself as author into an authority on the subject of the paper, as well as someone who is likable and worthy of respect.

How will you persuade using ETHOS?

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Pathos (Emotional) means persuading by appealing to the reader's emotions. Language choice affects the audience's emotional response, and emotional appeal can effectively be used to enhance an argument.

How will you persuade using PATHOS?

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Logos(Logical) means persuading by the use of reasoning. This is the most important technique and Aristotle's favorite. Giving reasons is the heart of argumentation, and cannot be emphasized enough.

How will you persuade using LOGOS?

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[The above text drawn from Ramage, John D. and John C. Bean. Writing Arguments. 4th Edition. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon, 1998, 81-82.]